Well, she was an American girl 嗯，她是一个美国女孩

Raised on promises 提出的承诺

She couldn't help thinkin' 她不禁想着

That there was a little more to life somewhere else 这有一点生活在别处

After all it was a great big world 毕竟，这是一个广阔天地

With lots of places to run to 有很多跑的地方

And if she had to die tryin' 如果她死难以释怀的

She had one little promise she was gonna keep 她有一个小诺，她要留着

   

O yeah, all right Ø啊，没事

Take it easy, baby 别紧张，宝宝

Make it last all night 让它持续一整夜

She was an American girl 她是一个美国女孩

   

Well it was kind of cold that night, 那么它是那种寒冷的夜晚，

She stood alone on her balcony 她独自站在她家的阳台

Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by, 是啊，她能听到车翻滚了，

Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach 出441像波浪crashin “上海滩

And for one desperate moment 和一个绝望的时刻

There he crept back in her memory 在那里，他蹑手蹑脚回到了她的记忆

God it's so painful when something that's so close 上帝是如此痛苦的时候东西是如此之近

Is still so far out of reach 依然是那么遥不可及

   

O yeah, all right Ø啊，没事

Take it easy, baby 别紧张，宝宝

Make it last all night 让它持续一整夜

She was an American girl 她是一个美国女孩